“Ofcom has resolved a complaints case against the BBC over offensive language broadcast live during the 2013 Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race.”
BBC News, 17th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Commission should more clearly define what is meant by ‘cybercrime’ in order to prevent personal data from being processed in cases where it cannot be legally justified, an EU privacy watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Moors murderer Ian Brady began a legal attempt to prove that he is sane in the hope that he will be discharged from the secure psychiatric hospital where he is incarcerated and sent to a high security jail so he can starve himself to death.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme breached the broadcasting code when it aired an offensive word describing people with learning difficulties, watchdog Ofcom has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Significant changes to civil legal aid in England and Wales came into effect on 1 April 2013, as part of a plan to reform the system and save £350m a year.”
BBC News, 18th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judge leading a review of the Waterhouse inquiry into abuse at children’s homes in north Wales will hold public meetings later on Tuesday.”
BBC News, 18th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A surveyor who had a secret life as a graffiti vandal has been jailed for three and a half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Attorney General is to examine whether disgraced former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall’s 15-month sentence for indecent assault was ‘unduly lenient’, as politicians and charities said it should be extended.”
The Independent, 17th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police cautions are given to save the expense and logistical difficulty of a full court hearing and happen when someone admits what is usually a relatively minor offence.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On 24 May Mr Justice Tugendhat handed down the judgment in McAlpine v Bercow [2013] EWHC 1342 (QB), finding that Mrs Bercow’s tweet carried a defamatory meaning. Following the judgment it was announced that Bercow had accepted an earlier settlement offer, saying that ‘today’s ruling should be seen as a warning to all social media users’. Although Twitter litigation is no longer new (the site has been the form of publication in a number of cases, most notably Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 756 (QB)), McAlpine is the first to really tackle the peculiar nature of this social media genre and could mark a key moment in social media use.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“TV watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into the broadcasting of footage from the scene of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.”
BBC News, 17th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The disgraced BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday for a string of historic sex attacks on girls as young as nine.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Okotoks Ld & Anor v Fine & Country Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 672 (14 June 2013)
Lumos Skincare Ltd v Sweet Squared Ltd. & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 671 (14 June 2013)
Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669 (14 June 2013)
Birch v Ministry of Defence [2013] EWCA Civ 676 (14 June 2013)
Ireland v David Lloyd Leisure Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 665 (14 June 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tchenguiz & Ors v The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) [2013] EWHC 1578 (QB) (14 June 2013)
Roger Ward Associates Ltd & Ors v Britannia Assets (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1653 (QB) (14 June 2013)
Mehjoo v Harben Barker (a firm) & Anor [2013] EWHC 1669 (QB) (14 June 2013)
Lombard North Central Plc v Nugent & Ors [2013] EWHC 1588 (QB) (06 June 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration), Re [2013] EWHC 1655 (Ch) (14 June 2013)
Revenue & Customs v SED Essex Ltd [2013] EWHC 1583 (Ch) (14 June 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
CM v The Executor of the Estate of EJ & Ors [2013] EWHC 1680 (Fam) (14 June 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Arranz v Spanish Judicial Authority [2013] EWHC 1662 (Admin) (14 June 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Tullow Uganda Ltd v Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 1656 (Comm) (14 June 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The first Biometrics Commissioner, Mr Alastair MacGregor QC, has issued a consultation paper asking for views about how he should act in relation to the retention and use of biometric material obtained from persons who have been arrested but not charged.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 15th June 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“Janet Bazley QC and Eleri Jones of 1 Garden Court consider the Supreme Court’s decision in Re B (A Child) [2013] UKSC 22.”
Family Law Week, 16th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“There are still some questions to be cleared up on tenancy deposit law and this Court of Appeal case neatly deals with one of them, while opening up what might be a very large can of worms.”
NearlyLegal, 15th June 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“A Cheshire solicitors has recovered more than £300,000 for 700 passengers with their no-win no-fee service.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On the 20 of May the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (the PCR) published its report on legislative scrutiny standards titled ‘Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation’. The Report contains two eye catching and ambitious proposals for parliamentary reform: the creation of a joint committee on legislative standards and the adoption of a code of legislative standards. This blog is about the second of these proposals. The proposal is a significant one, and if implemented it would dramatically improve the information available to parliamentarians in their scrutiny of government bills. The PCR’s code is in effect a series of questions and demands for information relating to the content and to the timetable of a bill, that the government would answer within the explanatory notes to a bill. In this blog post, I draw attention to the code proposed by the PRC and I offer a critique of their approach, and in particular of the decision not to include substantive legislative standards.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 14th June 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“Key members of one of Merseyside’s most notorious crime families are behind bars after admitting to running a multi-million pound drug smuggling and money-laundering racket.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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